{"id":871,"date":"2025-11-30T20:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dancedu.ptde.uoi.gr\/natalia-koutsougera\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:41:03","slug":"natalia-koutsougera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dancedu.ptde.uoi.gr\/en\/natalia-koutsougera\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalia Koutsougera"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"871\" class=\"elementor elementor-871\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b7ab44 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b7ab44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b78c0f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b78c0f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7507a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc7507a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55dd997 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55dd997\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cbc5f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7cbc5f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c16cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c16cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/dancedu.ptde.uoi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/koutsougera.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-439\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dancedu.ptde.uoi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/koutsougera.png 350w, https:\/\/dancedu.ptde.uoi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/koutsougera-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dancedu.ptde.uoi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/koutsougera-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5e63a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f5e63a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e1f77a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e1f77a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Natalia Koutsougera - Social Anthropologist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d501a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4d501a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Natalia Koutsougera<\/strong>\u00a0is a social anthropologist (Laboratory Teaching Staff, Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University) who works at the intersection of the anthropology of youth cultures, the anthropology of entertainment, the anthropology of music and dance, popular culture and gender, visual anthropology and hip-hop studies.\u00a0She uses interdisciplinary approaches as well as multimodal methodologies inspired by both anthropology, cultural and media studies.\u00a0She is the author of many articles and chapters in international and domestic scientific journals and volumes regarding hip-hop, gender studies, anthropology and youth cultures, while for the last seventeen years she has been working as a critic and columnist for the contemporary dance and performance portal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dancetheater.gr\/\">dancetheater.gr<\/a>. 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